News round-up, JF-17, F-4E, AH-1, and M-2000C

There’s some new DCS World info trickling out this week with a new update on the JF-17’s exterior textures, news on what Eagle Dynamics is doing (or not doing) with the F-4E and AH-1 as well as a new look at the M-2000C’s revised pilot model. Here’s the latest! New M-2000C pilot RAZBAM’s efforts to…

First impressions of the DCS: F-5E

The DCS World Autumn Sale is on and I was intent on picking up a new aircraft for my DCS World hangar. This time I decided it was time to get the DCS: F-5E Tiger II and after a very quick process I was now the owner of a 50% off F-5! I’ve had some…

First impressions of the DCS: F/A-18C Hornet

Normally I like to try and get my first impressions within a few days of the release. I decided against that with the Hornet as I needed to climb up through the basic training before I felt like I was able to give any sort of reaction or proper response to this aircraft. Now, I’m…

Deeper partnership between Belsimtek and Eagle Dynamics

DCS World Weekend News may have passed people by this week as everyone is probably busy being face down in the cockpit of the DCS: F/A-18C Hornet module that was released this week into early access. But if you do manage to pry yourself away from the Hornet for a few minutes, there’s a small…

New DCS: Flaming Cliffs 4 info and an editorial

It’s only been 4 days since I speculated on what Flaming Cliffs 4 might end up being and my wishful thinking probably got carried away a little bit with the potential for this release to open the door to some new aircraft options. A much more realistic reality has been presented by DCS Community Manager…

New DCS: F/A-18 Hornet preview video roundup

Some DCS World community members, those with some of the bigger YouTube channels, have an early Alpha preview of the early access F/A-18C: Hornet and the new Persian Gulf map. The embargo must have dropped today because we have a whole bunch of new videos coming out and this post is a round-up of all…

New details on DCS future plans

A few days ago I did a list of things that I’m excited about for 2018 and today Eagle Dynamics and their weekly newsletter helped fill in some extra details. It’s an interesting list so let’s jump straight to it! New modules coming in 2018 We know a lot about what is planned for DCS…

2018: Looking forward at another exciting year

My estimation is that 2018 will be a great year for flight sims. Probably an even better year than 2017 has been and these are the reasons why I’m so excited for the new year. Let’s look forward! The big DCS merge and new modules promise to be exciting For DCS World, 2018 will be…

DCS: F/A-18C Hornet start-up video released

It’s been a couple of months since the previous episodes of the DCS F/A-18C Hornet were released and we’ve been waiting for episode 3 to release. It took a while today Matt Wagner’s tutorial on how to start up the DCS’ F/A-18C Hornet is out and ready to watch. Preflight, startup, taxi and takeoff This…